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Latin Americans: "we are not racist, we are classist". (When explaining e.g. why Black and Amerindian people are often forbidden from entering certain nightclubs and even sometimes shopping malls. They cannot see that assuming all Amerindians and Blacks are poor is itself racist).
MENAs and South Asians: "we are cultural and religious supremacists, not racial supremacists". (When explaining e.g. why girls from their communities are often at best shunned and at worst murdered for having White or Black boyfriends).
East Asians: "we are not racist, we are innocent and ignorant". (When explaining e.g. why foreigners are often pointed at and stared at in those countries, and worse still when certain venues in Japan in particular have "No Gaijin" signs).
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